Chennai XI vs Punjab XI 8th Match at Mumbai, 16 Apr, 2021

Toss: Chennai, who chose to bowl
Punjab XI 106/8 (20)
Chennai XI 107/4 (15.4)
Chennai won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Deepak Chahar
  • Sam Curran 6 * (5)
  • Faf du Plessis 35 * (32)

Over 3.2 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Came down the track and smashes it through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 3.4 Jhye Richardson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, 4 leg byes, gets Moves on the off-side and flicks it off the pads down to the fine leg

Over 5.2 Riley Meredith bowls a half volley to Moeen Ali, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to the deep extra cover fence for four.

Over 5.6 Riley Meredith bowls a half volley to Moeen Ali, Boundary! Gets forward and eased it neatly through the gap between the backward point and cover point. Once again, the timing was spot-on.

Over 6.6 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Moeen Ali, Six! Stands tall to pull it wide and over the short mid-wicket fielder. Got enough elevation to get it over the fielder and the man in the deep can only watch it hit the fence.

Over 7.2 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, Boundary! Gets an outside edge that beats Gayle to his left at first slip. It was the wrong 'un and don't think the batsman picked it

Over 8.1: Boundary!. Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali,

Over 9.1: Boundary!. Murugan Ashwin to Faf du Plessis,

Over 10.2: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.6: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 11.4 Jhye Richardson bowls a slower one to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Leans forward with a bent back leg and drills through wide mid-off. Not a muscle moved.

Over 12.5 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Suresh Raina, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and  drills it down the ground past the non-striker and it races away to the boundary. 

Over 15.4 Riley Meredith bowls it short of length to Sam Curran, Boundary! Gets inside the line and pulls, plays it behind square and that's heading to the fence for four.